Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1058 - Mccamey County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1058.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the...
• Texas Section 1058.002 - Authority For Creation
  The McCamey County Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided...
• Texas Section 1058.003 - Political Subdivision
  The district is a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1058.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the McCamey Independent School District, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967. Added...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1058.005 - Consolidation Of District And Rankin County Hospital District
  (a) The McCamey County Hospital District may be consolidated into the Rankin County Hospital District as provided by this section. (b) On the request of...
• Texas Section 1058.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of five directors elected by the district voters. (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms with the terms of two or three...
• Texas Section 1058.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors must be published in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in Upton County....
• Texas Section 1058.053 - Qualifications For Office
  Sec. 1058.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) To qualify for election to the board, a person must: (1) be at least 18 years of age; (2)...
• Texas Section 1058.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath
  (a) Each director shall qualify by executing a good and sufficient commercial bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned...
• Texas Section 1058.055 - Board Vacancy
  (a) The remaining directors by appointment shall fill a vacancy in the office of director. (b) An appointed replacement serves until the next election for...
• Texas Section 1058.056 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a presiding officer. (b) A presiding officer pro tem shall preside in the absence of the presiding officer. (c) The...
• Texas Section 1058.057 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
• Texas Section 1058.058 - Records Of Proceedings
  (a) The board shall require the board secretary to keep suitable records of all proceedings of each board meeting. (b) After each meeting: (1) the...
• Texas Section 1058.059 - District Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person to serve as the district administrator. (b) The district administrator may not be a director. (c) The...
• Texas Section 1058.060 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) perform the duties required by the board; (2) supervise the work and...
• Texas Section 1058.061 - Assistant To District Administrator
  (a) The board may designate an assistant to the district administrator to discharge a duty or function of the administrator in the event of the...
• Texas Section 1058.062 - Legal Counsel
  The board may employ legal counsel to represent the district in all legal matters. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
• Texas Section 1058.063 - Retirement Program
  (a) With the approval of the commissioners court of Upton County, the board may contract with this state or the federal government as necessary to...
• Texas Section 1058.064 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  All district records, including books, accounts, notices, and minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities shall be: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1058.065 - Seal
  The board shall have a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the board's acts. The board secretary shall keep the seal. Added by...
• Texas Section 1058.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1058.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipal Taxation
  Any part of a county or a municipality, any part of which is in the district, may not impose a tax for hospital purposes. Added...
• Texas Section 1058.103 - Management And Control Of District
  The management and control of the district is vested in the board. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01,...
• Texas Section 1058.104 - Eminent Domain
  (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property, real, personal,...
• Texas Section 1058.105 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and...
• Texas Section 1058.106 - Construction Contracts
  (a) The board, on behalf of the district, may enter into a construction contract that exceeds the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code,...
• Texas Section 1058.107 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  With the approval of the commissioners court of Upton County, the board may contract with: (1) a county other than Upton County for the care...
• Texas Section 1058.108 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient from the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1058.109 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1058.151 - Budget
  The board annually shall require a budget to be prepared for the next fiscal year that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts...
• Texas Section 1058.152 - Proposed Budget: Notice And Hearing
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a...
• Texas Section 1058.153 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district's fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30, unless otherwise established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may...
• Texas Section 1058.154 - Annual Audit
  (a) The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records for the preceding fiscal year. (b) Not later than...
• Texas Section 1058.155 - Financial Report
  (a) The board and the district administrator shall annually prepare a report under oath that includes: (1) a complete statement of: (A) all money and...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1058.156 - Depository
  (a) The board shall designate one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) All district money, other than money invested...
• Texas Section 1058.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating...
• Texas Section 1058.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of...
• Texas Section 1058.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election...
• Texas Section 1058.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1058.205 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board's presiding officer shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by...
• Texas Section 1058.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings and improvements for hospital purposes; or (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1058.207 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold,...
• Texas Section 1058.208 - Additional Means Of Securing Repayment Of Bonds
  In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1058.209 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
  The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay: (1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to...
• Texas Section 1058.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) On final approval of the budget, the board shall impose a tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation. (b)...
• Texas Section 1058.252 - Tax Rate
  The board shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district....

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1058.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  The board may: (1) appoint a tax assessor-collector for the district; or (2) contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the...
• Texas Section 1058.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b)...
• Texas Section 1058.302 - Notice Of Election
  (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of...
• Texas Section 1058.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the McCamey County...
• Texas Section 1058.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b)...
• Texas Section 1058.305 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in the election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements,...
• Texas Section 1058.306 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine the debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
• Texas Section 1058.307 - Report; Dissolution Order
  (a) After the district has paid all district debts and has disposed of all district money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016